Kriz: Another 21 People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC Last Month, 289 for the Year

Another 21 radical died “without fixed abode” successful OC successful September.  Their names are:

Marten BRANDEL who died connected Sept 2nd successful Santa Ana

Morgan KELLY who died connected Sept 3rd successful Mission Viejo

Juan DIAZ ESCOBEDO who died connected Sept 3rd successful Anaheim

James ISHEE who died connected Sept 4th successful Santa Ana

Kenneth PERSONS who died connected Sept 5th successful Laguna Beach

Stephen DEKRUIF who died connected Sept 6th successful Stanton

Wayne GRAFFIA who died connected Sept 8th successful Huntington Beach

Louise FOSTER who died connected Sept 8th successful Huntington Beach

Addison ERTLER who died connected Sept 11th successful Costa Mesa

Jessica GUTIERREZ who died connected Sept 11th successful Newport Beach

Michael MIERA who died connected Sept 12th successful Orange

Richard GARCIA DOMINGUEZ who died connected Sept 14th successful Anaheim

Sabrina ADAME who died connected Sept 15th successful Orange

Jesus ORTIZ CASILLAS who died connected Sept 15th successful Orange

Jessica PIOVESAN who died connected Sept 16th successful Garden Grove

Manuel RAMOS-MEJIA who died connected Sept 16th successful Fullerton

Augustine MIRAMONTES who died connected Sept 21st successful Santa Ana

Kenetthera STEWART who died connected Sept 23rd successful Santa Ana

Brian POPOVICH who died connected Sept 24th successful Santa Ana

Tina GREATHOUSE who died connected Sept 25th successful Anaheim

Kristin BELLOVICH who died connected Sept 30th successful Orange

Additionally, 3 others who died “without fixed abode” successful OC successful erstwhile months were added to the OC Coroner’s list.  Their names are remembered present arsenic well:

Roger ULRICH, JR. who died connected July 24th successful Tustin

Lucky LEE who died connected Aug 19th in  [Not Recorded]

James YOUNG who died connected Aug 22nd successful Laguna Beach

If the fig holds, this September would person had the lowest stateless decease toll successful OC since June, 2020.  Overall, the county’s twelvemonth to day stateless decease toll of 289 remains comparable to 2021 erstwhile it was 291 astatine this constituent of the year, but importantly little than the erstwhile 2 years erstwhile the decease toll done September was 371 successful 2022 and 400 successful 2023.  Still successful 2019, the decease toll done September was 142.

As I wrote past month, it would surely beryllium worthy portion if the County reconvened the OC Sheriff Barnes led committee which 2 years agone was empaneled to amended recognize wherefore stateless deaths successful the County past were increasing.  It would beryllium absorbing to spot what has happened since, yes, to spot what the County has done close for the decease complaint to present beryllium decreasing. 

That said, we indispensable proceed to retrieve that to day 289 radical person died “without fixed abode” connected our County’s streets this twelvemonth oregon inactive much than 1 per day, each day.

Fr. Dennis Kriz, OSM, Pastor St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church, Fullerton.

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